MORRIS - The Dewar Lady Dragons came away with a split decision here Tuesday evening.

The Lady Dragons suffered a 13-9 setback to the Berryhill Maidens in their opening contest Tuesday, then rebounded from the loss to defeat the host Morris Lady Eagles by a 19-0 margin in the nightcap to escape with the split.

The Dewar slowpitch softball team began the week Monday, hosting the Kiowa Lady Cowgirls in a battle of ranked teams (Dewar is ranked 12th in 2A; Kiowa is ranked 2nd in A). See 2B for complete details of Monday's home showdown with Kiowa.

The Lady Dragons were back in action Thursday at the Hartshorne Tournament. The Dewar squad's first scheduled game Thursday was 6:45 p.m. in Hartshorne.

After the Hartshorne Tournament, the Lady Dragons will host Class A No. 9 Red Oak Monday, then will travel to Wetumka Tuesday for a showdown with the Wetumka Lady Chieftains.

The Dewar diamond squad will close out next week's schedule with their annual slowpitch softball tournament next Thursday-Saturday.

In Tuesday's showdown with Berryhill, the Lady Dragons led 3-1 after one inning of action.

Both teams tallied a run in their half of the first to keep the Dewar lead at two, 4-2, then Berryhill took the third inning 2-1 to cut the Dewar advantage in half, 5-4.

The Maidens tallied two runs in the top of the fourth to take over the lead at 6-5, while Dewar tied the score at 6-6 with a run in the home half of the fifth.

The Lady Dragons pushed across three runs in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead, 9-6.

Berryhill plated seven runs in its half of the seventh, while the Dewar ladies were unable to produce any runs in their final at-bat in the bottom of the inning to suffer the 13-9 defeat.

The top hitter for Dewar against Berryhill was Skye Been, who went 4 for 4 with two singles, two doubles, and an RBI.

Savannah Been (2 for 4, single, double, RBI), Skyler Randall (2 for 4, single, home run, 3 RBIs), KiKi Carter (2 for 3, double, home run, RBI), and Kobee Hewett (2 for 3, 2 singles, RBI) also recorded multi-hit games for the Lady Dragons with two hits apiece. Randall's home run came on a 2-run shot in the first, while Carter began the second inning with a solo blast.

The final two base hits for Dewar against Berryhill came on a single by Morgan Britt and a solo home run in the first by Noelani Corbin.

In Tuesday's county battle with Morris, the Lady Dragons opened the scoring with three runs in the top of the first, then erupted for 16 runs in the second for the 19-0 advantage.

Neither team tallied any runs in the bottom of the second and top of the third to give the Dewar ladies the 19-0 victory. Skye Been led the offensive attack for Dewar, going 3 for 4 with a pair of singles, a double, and an RBI.

Other Lady Dragon players with multi-hit games against Morris were Savannah Been (2 for 3, triple, home run, 6 RBIs), Morgan Britt (2 for 3, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Skyler Randall (2 for 3, double, triple, 2 RBIs), KiKi Carter (2 for 2, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs), and Talyn Been (2 for 2, single, double, RBI) with two hits each.

The other base hits for Dewar in the county battle came on singles by Kobee Hewett and Aaliyah Harjochee, a 2-run double by Autumn Campbell, and a 2-run home run in the first by Noelani Corbin.

Other baserunners for the Lady Dragons against Morris were Britt, Corbin, Campbell, Carter, Hewett, Talyn Been, and Staejha Mack, who all reached on walks.